The falling of hair from the body, especially from the head, is a naturally occurring body phenomenon that happens daily. People usually shed around 50 to 100 hairs every day.

Excessive and sudden falling of it, however, happens due to a variety of reasons.

When experiencing sudden hair loss, don’t panic. Instead, identify the possible cause to look for ways of reversing it.

Types of Causes for Hair Loss

All causes of hair loss fall into two different types: Genetic and reactive.

• Genetic: Related to your genes. If there are people within your family that are bald or balding, you too might. With this type, you will observe a gradual reduction of your hair volume in time. It can start to happen as late as middle-age and as early as your 20s.
• Reactive: Is due to a reaction of your body against a triggering agent that ultimately causes hair loss. External factors such as side effects from drugs, physical or psychic trauma, and even hairstyles are the ultimate causes.

Both of the reasons are quite popular in today’s society. Nevertheless, we can treat this problem with a simple hair transplant procedure.

Causes of Hair Loss

There are a few main reasons for losing your hair. The most popular ones are: 

Age

As our bodies age, they experience decay in functionality; healing becomes slower as does the metabolism. Something else that gets slower or ceases is your hair growth.

Gradually, as we further venture towards middle age and past, we get to see our hair become progressively thinner. Commonly also losing its colour and, eventually, our hair follicles cease to grow. This is not reversible.

Hairstyles

Tight hairstyles that put stress on your follicles by pulling the hair are extremely harmful to it. This also applies to products to fix the hair in place. This hair loss is permanent, avoid tight hairstyles.

Medication

Many drugs list ‘hair loss’ as one of their side effects, though it doesn’t necessarily always happen. When it does, consult your doctor before stop taking it, they will be able to provide hair loss-free alternatives. Loss hair will grow back sooner or later, depending on the length of use and dosage. Antidepressants, blood thinners, beta-blockers, and steroids, among others, can cause hair loss.

Pulling The Hair

Known as ‘trichotillomania’, it’s the condition in which people pull their hair as a stress relief mechanism. Constant straining will accelerate the degradation of the follicles leading to hair loss. Behavioural modification helps to avoid it.

Pregnancy

The hormonal changes experienced during and after pregnancy often result in some hair loss. It will grow back to normal in a matter of six months or less.

Illness

Many adverse health conditions can lead to hair loss. Autoimmune diseases, psoriasis, seborrheic dermatitis, anaemia, and thyroid disorders, just to name a few. Most hair loss from them is reversible if dealt with on time.

Reversing Hair Loss

To encourage hair growth, drugs such as minoxidil and Propecia (only for men) can help. If all else fails, you can consult for a hair transplant to see if you are a viable candidate for the procedure.

Here, at Gold City Hair, we offer top-quality hair transplant operations with affordable prices at the heart of the medical tourism industry, Istanbul.